The Wheel-Turning Master

After spending many days together, Lin Bai felt that Old Man Dugu was a well-behaved man.

But with such a show of goodwill and an agreement, Lin Bai felt unsure.

Without him, there would be too much foreign debt.

The fox had said before that he would do things, but he would have to do things with Aunt Gu in the future, and there would be no end to them.

"Old sir, I am an alchemist by birth. I only like to immerse myself in alchemy. I have always accumulated virtues and done good deeds, and I have never done anything harmful to nature." Lin Bai said seriously.

"If that's the case, since you are an alchemy master, why haven't you saved any spiritual stones?" Dugu Hao asked curiously.

Lin Bai was speechless for a moment. Alchemists are indeed generally richer. I had saved a lot in the past, and later used it to refine flying swords for Sister Pei.

After that, he occasionally made tiger and wolf pills, and his main income came from robbing, but Lin Bai was loose-handed and could never keep the money. And there are not many places to use spiritual stones, so they all live on soft food.

The most expensive thing in the storage ring now is the demon elixir that was obtained when dividing the relics of Runlu Haike. This thing must be worth enough to make these flying knives, but there is no need to sell them.

Lin Bai thought, if Dugu Hao's conditions were too outrageous, he would first give the demon pill to Mo Yingcheng and refine the flying knife first.

Anyway, once you have a flying knife, you should be able to make up for it by going out for a walk and doing some harm to the people.

After clearing his mind, Lin Bai finally said: "Previously, most of the spiritual stones were spent on dealing with the formation of pills."

This reason was quite high-sounding. As expected, Dugu Hao didn't have any doubts and said sincerely: "My family is also a kind family, and our Tao Yin Sect is also a well-known and upright sect. I never do anything harmful to nature."

"Then what do you want to do, old gentleman?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

"I am not going to die soon, but I am the only one in the Dugu family who has a golden elixir." Dugu Hao sighed, "Yan'er has a bad temperament. If the master doesn't care about old friends with me, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to be a member of the family."

He looked at Lin Bai and continued: "You don't need to do anything, little friend. I just hope that if Yan'er is in trouble in the future, you can give her a little support."

This is a good relationship. In the past, when the Zhu family was in trouble, Lin Bai got help from the Zhu family, which was because they had good intentions.

Although the Dugu family has the support of the Tao Yin Sect, and Dugu Hao has an old relationship with Chen Tianren, he does not live long. If he dies, the Dugu family will lose support, and the good seedling Dugu Yan seems to be unreliable.

If Dugu Yan is unable to form an elixir, even if he is a disciple of Chen Tianren, he may not be able to speak at the door. It is normal for an old man to form a good relationship with a young elixir with a bright future.

But why did you find me? I'm just a passerby from the Daoyin Sect... Lin Bai looked over in confusion.

"Yan'er said, you are a good person." Dugu Hao said.

Here is the cause and effect. Dugu Yan made trouble for Sister Pei, but she was dealt with by Sister Pei. I stepped in to ease him. How could there be such a benefit? If I had gone to sleep directly, I would have been able to eat soft food again...

"Dugu Yan is innocent and straightforward. I quite like her temperament." Lin Bai opened his mouth.

"It's just a bit stupid." Dugu Hao added.

"..." Lin Bai didn't know what to say.

The two chatted for a few more words and finally settled the matter.

Anyway, more than three thousand high-grade spiritual stones are nothing to the Dugu family. In fact, they are nothing to Lin Bai now. They just don't have them at hand for the time being.

The two parties formed a good relationship and were not bound by any contract. It all depended on the heart of a gentleman.

After chatting for a while about the shape of flying knives, Lin Bai made further progress. Mr. Yang refined another pair of flying cloud flags without mentioning the spirit stone.

Anyway, after practicing a lot of flying knives, it won't be a big deal to go around a few poles and break the flag.

Dugu Hao didn't expect that this fellow Taoist Master Zhuan Lun would even drink and drink without blushing at all, so he became even more admired.

"My little friend is quite accomplished in the way of alchemy, but he can still distract the way of formation. I am ashamed of myself." Dugu Hao saw that Lin Bai was shameless, so he quickly grabbed Lin Bai and said: "After all, I am the Taoist Yin Sect. It is a new creation, and there are few people who are familiar with the formation. Moreover, the old sect’s opinions are still there, and even if there are people who are proficient in this method, they don’t spread it privately.”

He held on to Lin Bai's sleeve and said, "I have a child at home who also loves to study formations. It's just that he doesn't have a good teacher to teach him..."

"Old sir, I already have two apprentices and I don't plan to accept any more apprentices." Lin Bai thought of Miaomiao and felt a sharp pain in his head. He didn't dare to think about accepting any more apprentices.

In the past, the two apprentices had their own reasons for being accepted as disciples, but now that the master is hungry, how can he dare to harm others again?

"I don't ask for the name of master and disciple." Dugu Hao bowed sincerely, "I just want to give you a little advice in my spare time."

"Old sir, actually I won't be able to stay in Daoyin Sect for long." Lin Bai was also very sincere.

"It doesn't matter." Dugu Hao looked at it openly. Seeing Lin Bai frowning, he hurriedly said: "You just said that the Feiyun Flag was prepared for the flag array. With your current ability, it was used when building the foundation. Since it can’t be used anymore, I’ll find some good materials and refine more for you.”

"That's fine." Seeing what others said, Lin Bai had no choice but to agree.

The two debated the shape of the Feiyun Flag for a while, and finally decided on the 108-pole Feiyun Flag. Dugu Hao's forehead was dripping with sweat. Lin Bai saw that the wool was tugging too hard, so he pretended not to see it and hurriedly looked for an opportunity. Leave, afraid that the old man will change his mind.

After going to Wenjian Mountain to talk to Pei Ning for a while, Lin Bai didn't dare to go to Yufan Mountain anymore for fear of being taken away by Sister Zhen, so he only told Mo Yingcheng about the retreat, and then returned to Daishan.

Min Hengbo didn't know where he had gone. Only the little girl who looked after her house and a young girl were pointing around the green snake.

"Senior." When the little girl saw Lin Bai coming back, she respectfully stepped forward and saluted.

This girl is a member of Min Hengbo's tribe, her name is Min Qianqian, and her brain is not very good.

Lin Bai nodded towards her and looked at the girl.

The girl's aura is slightly unstable, she must have been established recently, and she has not seen many people, so she is quite young, but her eyes are smart, and she is obviously not a dull person.

There was a sermon at the top of Wenjian Mountain. This woman seemed to have attended the sermon, and Lin Bai didn't pay much attention to it.

"Junior Dugu Jing, under the order of my ancestor, I come to serve you." The girl announced her family name and bowed respectfully.

Serve? Lin Bai was shocked. This girl was obviously a golden elixir seedling. How could the Dugu family be willing to accept her? However, if you take a closer look at this girl, you will see that she is somewhat similar to Dugu Yan. She has a good appearance, but her eyes are bright and not as dull as Dugu Yan.

"I'm used to being at ease, why do I need anyone to serve me?" Lin Bai looked indifferent.

"The ancestors said that my husband is busy, so he ordered me to do some chores and run around for him while he is setting up the formation to make elixirs." Dugu Jing lowered his head and said.

The front leg just talked about practicing the formation, and the back leg was delivered immediately. Lin Bai didn't know who was picking up whom's wool.

"In that case, come on." Lin Bai had no temper. He had to spit out some of the Dugu's food after eating it. He flicked Min Qianqian's forehead and walked straight to his residence.

Dugu Jing followed him obediently, and the green snake twisted its tail and followed behind with Min Qianqian on its back.

When he came to the courtyard, Lin Bai sat down and planned to test Dugu Jing's ability so that he could teach students according to their aptitude. With Miaomiao Zhuyu in front of him, Lin Bai really didn't want to preach and teach.

After a brief inquiry, I found out that this girl does have some talent in formations. She is a talent in the rough, but she has not been taught by a famous teacher and needs to be polished.

"The so-called formation method is to take advantage of the geographical trend, adapt to the changes of weather and time, and turn it into one's own use. Therefore, the formation should change according to the time, the place, and the people."

Lin Bai thought for a while, but he didn't take out the formation book given by the Gu family. He just drew a formation casually, "This is the Qingshan Locking Dragon Formation. There are three small formations to complement each other. You can lay it out outside the courtyard." Formation, try your hand with the green snake. If you can trap it for ten days and ten nights, come and find me."

The green snake hissed and spat out the snake letter, and looked at Lin Bai in horror. It didn't expect that just for a visit here, it would cause trouble for nothing.

When Lin Bai saw the green snake kowtow repeatedly, he couldn't help but think of Huang Ruhua's friendship, and then told Dugu Jing, "Don't hurt it, and don't use force."

"Yes." Dugu Jing responded honestly.

After handing the formation to Dugu Jing, Lin Bai nodded at the room again and said: "I plan to retreat, and you can only come to see me once in a month. If there are visitors..."

Lin Bai counted on his fingers and said: "If there is nothing important, I will refuse everyone. Except of course Pei Ning."

After assigning homework, it is natural to act as a hands-off shopkeeper. Just like in the past, I taught those two evil disciples that they were just free-range, so I just gave them a few words when I thought of them.

This one is not even a disciple, just a little guidance. If you learn quickly, teach more. If you can't master it, then that's it.

"Yes." Dugu Jing nodded obediently.

Lin Bai gave a few more instructions, then hung up the sign of retreat and closed the doors in unity.

After setting up a formation in the house to isolate the sound, Lin Bai took out the alchemy furnace and lit a fire with his fingers.

Not long after, a batch of tiger and wolf pills became a pill.

Refining elixirs is the best way to calm the mind. After calming down, I took off the gourd from my waist.

Put it in front of you, look at it carefully, close your eyes and let out your consciousness.

After gently brushing the gourd, I felt a slight tingling sensation from my consciousness, a slight feeling of lightning strike. This is the remnant of the previous use of gourds to resist the thunder tribulation, and it has not completely dissipated.

The slight stinging was naturally nothing. His spiritual consciousness then enveloped the gourd, and he felt that this thing seemed extremely ordinary, not magical at all, just like an ordinary thing that he saw every day. But it also feels like the gourd has existed in the world since ancient times, and has a harmonious beauty that is in harmony with all phenomena of heaven and earth.

Divine consciousness wraps the gourd, but cannot pass through it. The thin fruit wall seems to be infinitely thick and difficult to penetrate.

After trying for a long time, but in vain, Lin Bai opened the gourd's mouth.

When the spiritual consciousness penetrates, it seems to be entering an endless abyss. The upper level seems to contain everything in the universe, but the lower level seems to have time flowing around.

For a moment, it was as if a gourd contained everything in the world, including the elusive time.

His consciousness trembled slightly, and Lin Bai felt that he was being included in the gourd.

The gourd is divided into yin and yang, as well as time and space, which is exactly what Master Wuxiang Taoist learned.

Lin Bai was in the gourd and felt boundless. It was difficult to tell the direction. He didn't know where he came from or where he was going. I felt that everything I saw in my eyes was flashing with light, making it difficult to distinguish.

"Only by repeatedly witnessing the power of the deadwood cicada can one acquire its magical power; only by repeated guidance from Li Xinghe can one achieve the unique skill of star escape."

"The combination of the two is the first step. From then on, it goes towards the twin avenues of time and space, so that it can travel freely between time and space."

Thinking like this, Lin Bai saw great rivers emerging, and occasionally stars filling the sky, all of which were actually contained within the gourd.

Step on the stars and move, follow the river.

For a moment, Lin Bai was immersed in it and no longer thought about external things.

I don't know how long it took, but when I opened my eyes again, I felt that there was a vague connection between my destiny and the gourd.

This is the power of cultivating spiritual consciousness, but it is not enough.

After calming down for a moment, Lin Bai closed his eyes again and came to the stone plate.

I sat down and meditated for a long time, and when I thought about it, I quietly painted the gourd.

The gourd appears in front of me little by little, but it only has its shape, not its meaning, and has no harmonious charm of all things.

Lin Bai was not impatient. Anyway, success would not be achieved in an instant, so just take your time.

"The universe and time turn around, and they all fit into one gourd."

Lin Bai didn't do what he thought and just continued to cultivate the gourd.

Ignoring the days and months, I didn't know how much time had passed when I opened my eyes again.

Looking around, the house was covered with a thick layer of dust.

Lin Bai didn't bother to take care of it. He took out the alchemy furnace and made a furnace of tiger and wolf pills.

After calming down, he thought about what he had gained this time.

Rubbing the gourd in his hand, he felt that he had a deeper connection with it, but he couldn't fully control it. It was like taking only a scoop from the rushing river, and its power was even more difficult to fully exert.

Just like his own natal stone plate, it was difficult to see the whole picture.

However, after nurturing it for a long time, Lin Bai gradually figured out one or two wonderful uses of the gourd.

One is that it can be used as a defensive magic weapon like in the past thunder tribulation. But it is different from ordinary defensive magic weapons, because it does not "resist" or "eliminate" the attack, but is put into the gourd and moved to an unknown place.

Lin Bai estimated that if it was an ordinary golden elixir attack, most of the power would be removed, and it could be used at least ten times in a row.

If his own cultivation was higher, he would have a better control over the gourd and could block more times. He could even block stronger attacks.

The second is the ability to store things, which is extremely vast, unlike the storage ring.

Both of these magical powers are the application of the law of time and space.

In addition, no other wonderful uses have been found. As for the application of the law of time and space, there is no clue.

"The gourd can also be used as a sword box and a knife box, and the effect is better. Because it is connected with the life, it can be nourished at all times."

Lin Bai took out all the things in the storage ring, and with a thought, the alchemy furnace was put into the gourd.

He stretched out his hand and flicked it, and the alchemy furnace was taken out again.

After so many back and forth operations, he carefully felt the difference between the gourd and the storage ring.

Obviously, the gourd is more convenient, and it can be used at will. Moreover, the space inside is large and can accommodate all kinds of things.

"Can it hold the heaven and earth? Even the Great Dao? Even time?"

Lin Bai thought so, and stretched out his finger to point at the gourd. Then he saw the gourd tremble slightly, and then a faint halo was emitted, and there was a huge suction force in the mouth of the gourd.

For a moment, it seemed that the wind had risen, Lin Bai's clothes fluttered, and the futons and tables in the house were all shaking, and even the spiritual power here seemed to be sucked in like a whirlwind.

The gourd trembled more and more violently, and the house shook endlessly. There was a flash of light at the mouth of the gourd, as if it not only absorbed things, but also other things were taken in.

"Stop!"

Tap the gourd lightly, and the wooden house stopped trembling for a while, and even became a little brighter.

Lin Bai looked at the black hair on his shoulders, and there was a wisp of light gray.

"It really has the ability to absorb the brilliance of life. But I haven't mastered the gourd yet, so it's hard to bring out greater magical effects."

In a vague way, Lin Bai always felt that the gourd could contain more things, a house, a mountain, a river, and even a piece of heaven and earth.

"Isn't this a small world?"

Lin Bai took a short break, and a lot of mist came out of his sleeves, and then he put it into the gourd.

"Although the gourd is small, it contains the world, and it can bring spring to things when it is used."

Mumbled a sentence, put away the gourd, and hung it around his waist.

Sitting for a while, a very subtle spiritual power came in from outside the door.

Lin Bai waved his sleeves to open the door, and saw Dugu Jing standing in front of the door, with a little surprise on his face, as if he didn't expect Lin Bai to open the door.

"Welcome sir to come out of retreat." Dugu Jing became more polite and knelt at the door.